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CVE-2024-28085

Medium priority

Some fixes available 5 of 8

wall in util-linux through 2.40, often installed with setgid tty permissions, allows escape sequences to be sent to other users' terminals through argv. (Specifically, escape sequences received from stdin are blocked, but escape...

1 affected packages

util-linux

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
util-linux Fixed Fixed Fixed Needs evaluation Needs evaluation
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CVE-2020-21583

Low priority
Vulnerable

An issue was discovered in hwclock.13-v2.27 allows attackers to gain escalated privlidges or execute arbitrary commands via the path parameter when setting the date.

1 affected packages

util-linux

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
util-linux Not affected Not affected Not affected Not affected Not affected
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CVE-2022-0563

Medium priority
Not affected

A flaw was found in the util-linux chfn and chsh utilities when compiled with Readline support. The Readline library uses an "INPUTRC" environment variable to get a path to the library config file. When the library cannot parse...

1 affected packages

util-linux

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
util-linux Not affected Not affected Not affected
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CVE-2021-3996

Medium priority
Fixed

A logic error was found in the libmount library of util-linux in the function that allows an unprivileged user to unmount a FUSE filesystem. This flaw allows a local user on a vulnerable system to unmount other users' filesystems...

1 affected packages

util-linux

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
util-linux Fixed Fixed Not affected Not affected
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CVE-2021-3995

Medium priority
Fixed

A logic error was found in the libmount library of util-linux in the function that allows an unprivileged user to unmount a FUSE filesystem. This flaw allows an unprivileged local attacker to unmount FUSE filesystems that belong...

1 affected packages

util-linux

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
util-linux Fixed Fixed Not affected Not affected
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CVE-2021-37600

Low priority

Some fixes available 1 of 2

** DISPUTED ** An integer overflow in util-linux through 2.37.1 can potentially cause a buffer overflow if an attacker were able to use system resources in a way that leads to a large number in the /proc/sysvipc/sem file. NOTE:...

1 affected packages

util-linux

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
util-linux Fixed Not affected Not affected Not affected
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CVE-2018-7738

Negligible priority

Some fixes available 1 of 6

In util-linux before 2.32-rc1, bash-completion/umount allows local users to gain privileges by embedding shell commands in a mountpoint name, which is mishandled during a umount command (within Bash) by a different user,...

2 affected packages

bash-completion, util-linux

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
bash-completion Not affected Not affected Not affected
util-linux Not affected Fixed Not affected
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CVE-2015-5224

Medium priority
Not affected

The mkostemp function in login-utils in util-linux when used incorrectly allows remote attackers to cause file name collision and possibly other attacks.

1 affected packages

util-linux

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
util-linux
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CVE-2016-5011

Low priority

Some fixes available 1 of 7

The parse_dos_extended function in partitions/dos.c in the libblkid library in util-linux allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted MSDOS partition table with an extended...

1 affected packages

util-linux

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
util-linux Not affected Not affected Not affected Not affected Fixed
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CVE-2014-9114

Low priority
Vulnerable

Blkid in util-linux before 2.26rc-1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code.

1 affected packages

util-linux

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
util-linux Not affected Not affected Not affected Not affected Not affected
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